ALLAN JOHNSTON is hoping boardroom harmony at Kilmarnock can help deliver a belated kickstart to their season.

Political infighting looks to be in the past after a deal was struck with the bank to help clear the £9.4million debt, with controversial chairman Michael Johnston standing down at the end of the season.

Ahead of Killie’s clash with Aberdeen tomorrow boss Johnston said: “There needs to be togetherness with everyone at the club pulling in the one direction. That’s the key to being successful as a club.

“That’s what we need to do and more so than ever given the position we find ourselves in.

“We need to start picking up results, especially against teams in the top six. We’ve done well against bottom teams but we’ve hardly picked up any points against the top six.

“Maybe these teams have that bit more quality and are capable of hurting us. Maybe it’s down to the concentration levels against better players.

“We have a lot of good young players coming through. Aberdeen are a good bit ahead of us just now and have one of the biggest budgets apart from Celtic. But you still need to get results on the park and they have done that.

“We need to concentrate on us and get ourselves out of this mess by moving higher up the table.”